---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the child support obligation schedule."
description: "revise the child support obligation schedule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1278"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1278 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barthel", "Chase", "Davis", "Goodwin", "Johns", "Johnson (David)", "Miskimins", "Otten (Ernie)", "Peterson (Kent)", "Reed", "Rusch", "Steinhauer", "Stevens"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22cc0c4c-7096-48a4-984d-8b7adc29cdcb"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23185"
source_hash: "66d96ec8c9a0bb7c1e6852d7bbc707eb1247e4d0218770641d9b893d0a805247"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota HB 1278 (2022) — revise the child support obligation schedule.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–35** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass — **7–6** (pass) · lower
- Reconsidered — **63–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barthel — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Miskimins — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-31** First read in House and referred to H.J. 155 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-09** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 6 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 265
- **2022-02-14** Fiscal Note Requested , Passed, H.J. 280
- **2022-02-17** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 35 H.J. 373 `failure`
- **2022-02-17** Intent to reconsider , Passed, H.J. 373
- **2022-02-22** House of Representatives Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 4 H.J. 402
- **2022-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 8 H.J. 403 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 329 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-03** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-03-07** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 465
- **2022-03-07** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 4 S.J. 466 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 635 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 509 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-10 H.J. 662 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 H.J. 688 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22cc0c4c-7096-48a4-984d-8b7adc29cdcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).